Evening Express

The Man in the Street. ♦ Whether he wa-s peeping at the girl iN ho wore odd stockings of green and pink at Hasting. or whether, looking through the open window at the Cardiff Work- house. he ."aw the guardians in thpir most mutiny humour, there is no doubt that our old friend King So! (whom we used to know better in the good. ancient summers* ha# lately been caught in a better humour, and, as a result, this txart of the world has been hasking in some of the waraH-k that we have heard about from some of the Southern waterincj- places. It is good to have a little ,iitiinif,r. :f only the tail end of one. and on Saturday the were a I've -;th rejoicing humanity. At Pvoath and Lhndiff Kieb's Car- \L!f:¡111:, were ■ > 11 ;n their element, tor rof.?r?n. rrxK?'. r?")?i.<. howls. and. I !?H?Y'\ bockry ?)d baseball, \('h had h?ir ?ot?r)?. vh))? fnThu.t.?'-t? in th? ueijrhboiirhood of the cathedral city, .•vhich >r ints to be linke<l on to the new clr\, nere abi° to row their boats upon the Taft. jiu-t recovering from its "wo! ieri temppstuou^ness of t he past week or two. At Victoria Park "ix tennis onurts were fully occupied. ami a" many bowline rink. while t h., pntt iest, if the of rhe parks. Thompson '.s. was aisso alive with disciples of the racquet and elusive hall. thf sun oliming upon and blessing all with glorious impar- tiality. For the present, the girl of the green and pink odd stockings may be left out of account. She can be seen any Christmas! at the pantomime, and, in any cafce. is noc nearly such a bugbear as her lister of t elothe* basket hat, who prevent.s one from getting a 'sigh, ot the parscn on! Sunday or or the concert .inger on a wvk-day A" Whitchurch the polo p'^ye-vs literally roystered in the sw~l- j taring rays. The brother captain?, i Lionel a p<] Walter, of the ch'i of Lintl- i -a. >.ver,' happy in showing the world how the game .should he played, and th" d.vhillg .pair of Shirley?. were likewi.s^ ple«purribIv engaged. Sir Clifford C'ory j ftare fn'l and convincing evf&,Ilct-, that ht.s j irk<oine Parliamentary duties bad not led '0 his undoing ;10.; one of the steadiest I back exponents of the an nt keeping the other fellows from mooring. Far away. t over the links at Southemdovn. Porth- j caw I, Radvr. and Ponarth. fol!<v.vers of the Royal and Anc ent game coiitinic, I their praiseworthy endeavours to hole out in one--a,ld to restrain the language that OOilldi with ili-succ^as. And, alto- gether, this week-end the world seemed too very wt-11-albeit, the air was lC\Qdd with talk of locks-out. strikes, non- Unionist hunts, and all the worries t.hat those of us who could strove with more ) or loss success to forget until the arrival | of another Monday. Rut what did King Sol see when he peeped into the board-rodm of the Cardiff Guardians! Let us have a look! with the help d his refulgent rays. For once, Mr. J. J. Ames was quite modest in mien. At to tie reason, it was soon made transparent. It appeared that he had cot -100 children and their foster- i mothers from the In ion Homes right across the Channel to Weston and back and of all the host, like the Israelites who walked through the Red Sea. not one hair of a single head was missing whet the roll-call was made oa the safe arrival of every passenger at the Pier- head. Mr. Ames had stage-managed the whole b?nut:f-iiv even the toll fees were forgiven him. the water-chute proprietor and every amusement caterer on the ..d i Pier helped him to entertain his light- j hearted youngsters, the White Funnel Fleet carried the happy crowd free, and .T. -T." was proud in consequence, if I modest at the same t "I me. k more serious matter was that brought forward by )i1-. J. R. Llewellyn, who complained .hat the Barry Relief Committee found it difficult to get their meeting over in time to attend the gathering of the entire board. Even this provided some fun. lhe chairman (Mr. O. H. Jones) informed the Barry members that they could meet w henever they pleased—"at j mx o'clock, if you like," he added. "Very' j. N ery grimiy remarked Ilr. George Cole, "we "ill meet at six!" The board laughed and yelled "Hear, hear and K -?)l smi Kins Sol smiled more broadly than ever. For tiie lack of a better explanation, then, we cau take it that the snn was put in his best humour because of his ,? l is glimpse at this merry baud. Perhaps the only people who did not fully appreciate Saturday's weather were the gentlemen who had to pisy football as hard as they wonki on a frosty day. It is the rule of tbe Medes and the Persians—or the Football Association, which is the same thing--t-hat the kicking game begins in September, aad when bats and stumps are, pot awty for the winter cricketers may come out any fine day to look at the perspiring footballers and to reflect on the summer showers- that sent them with auch haste from the pitch to the pavilion. After all. the summer comes when it, likes, and not always when we like. In Sottth Wales the winter pastime had a good send-off. Ton-Pentre and Mardy had another of their great combats, so important in the making of the history of both clubs, and Barry and Treharri.s were similarly employed, while Merthyr reaped with gratitude their I firM pair of points from far-away Chesham, where the daisies grow. At Cardiff the new City team did splendidly in garnering half a dozen goals at the I ex of the Bristol Leaguers, and if -11-Dougal and Co. can keep up this rate of scoring they are in for a prosperous and successful season. The interesting scene in the Cathays Park on Saturday on the occasion of what may be jootly described -as the most successful parade of ambulance units ever held in the Principality was a .stnkmg i p ;a. itv wa.?L a evidence ot the organising ability of Mr. Herbert Lewie, the deputy-coinm;s>;ono- for Wales. What an aggregate ot skill, training, and knowledge was repre- sen ted in the thousand tret1 and women on parade. many oi whom had come at considerable .cri- See in order to strength and efficiency of the \\o!i ambulance divigiOI18 Not only "ere ihe Marquw* Marchioness of B,!l2 [ the other distinguished pervmages present chy-rmed with the spectacle, but Mr. Herbert Lewis and the other officers received the warm congratulations of the Inspector-General of the St. John Ambu- larvce Association and of Sir Richard Temple, the well-known deputy-chairman of the Order, both of whom were as sur- prised as they were delighted wit'h the evidence thus afforded of the f-uocess ot the movement in Wales. Toe Naval Cadet Brigade, which has been so successfully inaugurated through the energetic efforts of Commander l-.t'.wir- Nicholl, made a brave show, their br ^t new uniforms combining with the smart attire of the members of the Cardiff Nurses' Division to relieve the romevhat sombre uniforms c" the ambulates me-no Highly i n ce re il, wac the display given by members of the Cardiff Police Brigade, assisted by the nurses, with the new motor ambulance car which the South Wales branch has pre-on ted to Cardiff for the use of th? city and district. The parade and dfmonstration with the car were by no mean- the only items of interest, wren to the generil public, who from their disadvantageous position behind the bar-icrs Mere able to join in | the cheers for :hr:o v;ho had the honour of receiving the insignia of the Order in recognition of their d?!:mgu:&h?d ser- .3 i b4?,,cl ser ha-e ff)llowe-d the wor?-, of Mr. MeKenzie has done to imnr'v(' the training or the in mi in his charge in thk- as in other respect. -and it was al; to see honour rj t 7, t )er nten(le,tit Taliesin Richards, of Mardy, vhi «e^nis in no danger of losing ing his posiTion as nn? (,f iw most popular j colliery managers in the coalfield. Mr. Richards has the dist motion given to all elshmen who win the public favour—to be generally known by his initial name, It was only fitting that when "Ta liesin" went up to receive his insignia there j 1 should he a heai-ty cheer for one t who has | heroically faced the deadly after-damp himself and takes suc h trouble to perfect | the work of rescue in the mines. Lastly, honour was paid to Mr. Wheel, of Mor- i riston. who. by the way, is the first working man in the country to receive the insignia. There were, withal, some highly-interesting I-wer-hes, and Sir Richard Temple addressed himself in an illuminating way to the subject of the recent controversy respecting voluntary aid detachments. There is no fear, how- ever, in South Wales of this controversy interfering in any way with the success ot the movement. 1

BABY CAST FROM TRAIN. I'A INFO. POSITION OF A CilRL AT SWANSEA. Before Mr William Walters and other magistrates at Swir.-vea County Police-court on r-aturday R^tr;, e Elizabeth Moore was brought '1,1) rharsad with the wilful murder of b-er infant rhi'd. Th's Wi\ the case in which a body had been thrown from a Midland Railway traia near Aherorave Prisoner was brought into court by Sister W i-a'v polim--coiixt in'>sionary, and two- nurses. She was in deep distress, and seemed almost prostrate. She was described as a single woraan and 21 years of age. and was a comely, weli-iievelopod young womaji. A seat was allowed her at the side of the nurses iir. I,, Richards appeared fcr the prosecu- tion. and Nir- Lewis Jones for the prisoner. Mr. Richards, in applying for a week's remand, intimated that it was intended to coram un icate with the Public Prosecutor The adjourned inquest would be held on Thursday next, and he intended next Satur- day applying for a further remand in order that the c&se might be completed Mr. Lewis Jones, for the defence, did not oppose the remand, but asked for bail. He I said prisoner's father and uncle were in court to take charge of her and to become sureties. She had been staying at a home for the past fortnight. The Chairmam said the bench could not ..rant bail. and they thought it better that the young woman ahooild be in a place where she would be carefully looked after. The remand was granted. Prisoner was then removed.

LOCAL WEDDINGS. I BIRT—EARLE-MARSH. There was a large attendajice at St. John's Church, Risca-road, Newport, on Saturday at the marriage of Mr Wilfred Bee lie tt Birt, son of Mr. F. Beckett Birt, of The Copse, j Wimbledon, and 1(iss Veronica. Cecil Earle- I j Marsh, only daughter of Mr. C. W. £ a"le- j Marsh, J.P., Rockdale. Stow Park-circus, Newport. The service was conducted by the illov. J. Frank Summers vicar;, assisted by C»non Lister vicar of St. Mark's, and the Rev. R. Ll. Bhya. Given away by her father, the bride WM attended by the Miaeee Gwen-1 dolen Mewellin Made4eine Llewellyn &\?na. j Ve:'?!iic? Firbank. Veronica Rice. May Coul- man, an? Joe?phine Burrell. Master Godfrey Cr0S8man wa? page. Mr. Romilly Hall, the bride- room's oouain. acted as best man. The honeymoon is to be spent in the Austrian Tyrol and Venice. TtLLEY- ADAMS. A pretty wedding took place at St. Au?usLine s Church. Penarth, on aturda' wh?) Misc M.€??ie R4-*ou. eid?s-t a?uxht<.r i of Captain Hector ami Mr?- \dame. Penartia, | ? ae, married to Mr. Frank Tillev. son of Mr. Henry Tilley. Waltou Park. I jverpcol. The Jiev. H C. Mortou officiated The bride, who ) was given awuv by her father, had Mi«e ■ Lovedee Tilley and the Mioses Sally, AlbertAL, iLii-i Funny Ada.m.s as briue;naid«j. Mr. Ben. Hopeon, Liverpool, was bcit mn.

RAILWAY EPISODE. RAILNN-AY EPISODE.11 TRAVELLER'S STROKE OF LUCK AT I ) CARDIFF. James Sullivan [3.5) was charged at Cardiff on Saturday with travelling on the Great Western Railway without a ticket between Paddington and Cardiff oil the 2nd illf.t. Mr. Morgan Reee prosecuted. Suliivau. when asked for ticket at Reading, said to the collector, Cro away, you or III shoot you" at the same time putting his hand to his hip pocket as if to produce a revolver. Subsequently he locked oimaelf in a. lavatory, and refused to oome out until the train reaohed Cardiff. The Magistrates die- mieeed the case, finding that the company was a consenting party to Sullivan travelling without a ticket, as they ought to have dealt with him before Cardiff was reaohed. Though I' the bench had no jurisdiction, the Ohairman 4Mr. Dovey). in disch&rging prisoner, told him he waft a very lucky man.

STOP PRESS 4 I Latest Telegrams. I i » I i s I DEATH OP A nsoorxT. I The "Irish Times'' announces the death, in j a private hospital in Dublin on Saturday of ) Vm count, Avon mo re, a zed 44, j BANK irANAGER'S FALL. Mr. W. A. Taylor, manager of the Belfast branch of the Northern Banking Company, met with a terrible death late on Saturday night. Awakened by a fire alarm, he rushed to vhe left and fell down the well, a consider- i abJe distance, ) i • i t ? I i i i I I I I I* I I i I Is

I- —" MIDNIGHT EXPRESS MYSTERY I Barly on Saturday morning a man was found in a compartment of the Manchester to London express at Cbelford. He was taken to Crewe, where papers in his possession dis- I closed his identity as John Rainsford, an ex-police officer, of Liverpool. He was suffer- ing from concussion of the brain, and his forehead was much discoloured. He regained consciousness for a few minutes in the evening, but oould give no coherent account as t'b how he met with his injuries. The police are ;nvestigating the matter. CAN REMEMBER NOTHING. I A Crewe telegram on Sunday reports that Rainsford regained consciousness on Sunday afternoon. He stated that he cannot rc-roember anything after he joined the train for Ireland at Stockport. The police theory is that he fell off the carriage in a lit, out the doctor stages that in that case he would heve found more abrasions on the face.

A SURREY MYSTERY I No news has been obtained of the whereabouts of Mr. George Woodgate, of Peckham missing since last Saturday week" the founder and lieutenant in command of the King's Own Cadet Corps. In com- pany with members of his corps, he started out on a night march on Saturday, and lefi his oompanions about two miles from Farn- borough, walking on alone. With him was bi6 dog, a little Iri?h terrier. Young Wood- ??te did not an-ive at his home on Sunday morning, a? previonely arranged. His parents n&taraUy became anxious, and their anxiety grektly increased at night, when the I little terrier came limping back home, alone and mud-bespattered. The only explanation feasible is that young Woodgate is suffering from lose of memory. He was wearing a I light tweed suit at the time of his dis- j apfpearance.

PIC-NIC MYSTERY Alfred Isaac Attwood, Alexandra-street, Penrbiewtyn. a third-class engineer under toe Great Western Railway at Neath, was one of a party of the locomotive improvement staff at that town who spent their annual outing nt Llanstephan, Carmarthenshire, on Sunday, Afer luncheon at the Union Ha.11 Hotel, Att- wood and three others went to bathe in the sea. About 3.36 Attwood was missed, and information was immediately given to the police. A search was made, but up to a late hour at night there was no trace of the body. No one heard him oail or saw him dis- appear. A heavy undercurrent was running, and his three companions struggled ashore with diffi- culty. two in a very exhausted condition. Attwood, who was a powerful swimmer, him- self suggested the bathe at the dinner table. The return journey by the eight o'clock mail Il was extremely depressing. Atitwood was abotrt 46 yeate of age, ADd a Btazsied man with foor children.

Fatal Revolver Wound! I DISTRESSING ACCrDENT NEAR MAESTEC A distressing shooting accident occurred in the neighbourhood of Maesteg on Saturday night, resulting in the death of a colliery repairer, named Benjamin Edwards, of 13, Urove-atreet. Nantyffyllon, from a revolver shot wound. The scene of the tragedy was the backyard -or, rather, a small passage leading to a flight of steps going up to tbe backyard—of the Wyndham Hotel, in High-street, Nanty- ffyllon, about a mile from the centre of Ma.esteg. This passage is a confined space, probably not more than 4ft. by 8ft., and is used mainly for reaching tbe backyard. Edwards was returning from the back to the hotel when he received the fatal wound. It would appear that, two men were stand- ing in the passage at the time examining a revolver. Their names are Henry Evans, who is a pay clerk in the employ of Messrs. North's Navigation Ooilieries Company, living at 29. Barnardo-street, and William Powell, a collier, residing next door to him. Evans is responsible for the wages at Messrs. North's Maesteg Deep Colliery, and is. there- fore. at times required to oarry large sums of money. As a protection, he is supplied by the company wit-h a revolver--a heavy Army weapon of dix chambers, which is carried in a leather case attached to a leather waist-belt. Saturday being pay-day at Maesteg Deep, Evans, who had to fetch the money from Tondn. was armed with the weapon as itcmai, and had it with him in the V\"ynciham Hotel about half-past five in the evening. Powell was also in the house, and Fivans invited hi* next-door neighbour into the passage to examine the weapon. Revolver Discharged it seems that on reacn-ins the passage Kvaxs drew the revolver and banded it to Powell for the latter to inspect. Just as Kdwa-rd? v. -s pasting, with the intention returning to the hotel, the revolver dis- charged, and Edwards, who was in the line of fire, received the bullet in his breasit. The landlord Jir. iIorga.n ¡':yan"\ a.nd others in the hotel, alarmed at the loud report, rushed out. to tho back, to find Edwards leaning against the kitchen window-sill, his hand clasped to his breast. Mr. Morgan Eva-ns unfastened i-he unfortunate man's waist- coat and noticed the mark of the bullet. Powell, it is stated, was standing in the pasisage at the time, and E'vAns, who had disappeared, returned and took the revolver, which was on the window-sill, placing it 11: his pocket. Mr. Morgan Evans sent for medic-al aid and for the police, and the wounded man was taken to his home by Poweil and a man naIltd Da yid Davies, of 12, Coronation-road. On the way he is said to have groaned, in Welsh, I am done for. This is my end." Though able t > walk home, aided by theee men. he wa.s in terrible aarony, and Drp. M'Causland and Dowling, who attended, were unable to save the fast-ebbing life. Death took place at quarter to eight the same night. Edwards, who was employed at Coegnant Colliery, celebrated his forty-ninth birthday on the day preceding the tragedy. He is reported to have heen a steady man, and well-resipected by his fellow.-workmen and others- with whom he came in contact. He leaves a widow and two sons, both grown-up, single men. living with their parents. He was a native of Pembroke. A Stricken Widow When our representative called at 18, Grove-street, on Sunday, he found it a house of mourning. Mra. Edwards, it was stated, had been ill for some months, and it was feared that. the shoeJt of her husband's tragic death, which had completely pm=trated her, wouid he too great for her to recover from. Mr. Morgan Evans, the landlord, in an interview, gave a similar account to that already recorded. A-ked if the wounded man said anything to him, he replied:— Nothing. i said. Pen. what is the matter with you?' but he only groaned." Where 1\1_' Evans at that time?" "I clon't know. While we were in the back he came in from i-omewhere, and took the revolver up and placed it in his pocket, and went away. Did Powell give any explanation of the c("Curr(>n('.f 0" he .-aid nothing." Two Men Arrested Evans and Powell were arrested the same evening hy Pole'e-sergeant Hopkins, who in in charge of the police-station at Na,,i t,)T- ffyilon. on the charge of causing the death of Edwards. Powell, when arrested, stated that Evans handed him the revolver, saying. What do you think of thi?" Whil- he was examining the weapon it went off, and j Edwards was -hot. lIe very sorry for what had happened. Evans, who was present, concurred in this statement. Powell admitted that he did not understand revolvers. Roth men were detained in custody, and will be brought up at Bridgend Police-court this morning. It was intended to take the depositions of the dying man. but death occurred before this could be done. The lrques-t The inquest has been fixed for ten a.m. t?-morrow (Tuesday), and a pc?g-It% examination was performed yesterday.

MURDERED IN MISTAKE | Late on Saturday night a labourer, named Peter Quigley i;?). was walking along \Vake-! Q?d-road. Bradford, when he was stabbed behind the ear by a man und?r the influence of drink, who mistook Quigley for someone else, against- whom he had a grievance. Quigley died shortly afterwards. i

THE GARDEN MYSTERY AT SWANSEA. POSSIBLE CLUE TO IDENTITY OF BODIES. The Swansea police were on Saturday in communication with the coroner as to the furthex oourse of procedure in regard to the bodies of sixteen infants found buried in » garden at Brynhyfryd. Nothing has been decided, and it is intended before taking further steps to communicate with the Home Office on this singular and difficult matter. It is stated that one woman in the neigh- bourhood has described the wrapping around one corpse which answers the description in one coffin, although this ha-3 almost rotted away. This woman states that the body, if she is correct, was that of a daughter of hers, and was supposed to have been interred in the cemetery. The body in the largest of the coffins, believed to be that of the one or two months old child, is now said to be that of a still- born child which at the time of its burial occasioned comment by reason of its abnormal siae. POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION. The post-mortem examination took pliuoe on Saturday afternoon by Dr. John Evans and Dr. Isaac. The result will be communi- cated at the inquest to-day. but it is under- stood that the examination failed to reveal anything in the shape of definite evidence, the bodies being too far decomposed to admit of anything of a satisfactory nature.

LORD ROBERTS UNWELL. -4- GUARD OF HONOUR WAITS FOR HIM IN BERLIN. BERLIN, Saturday. Lord Roberts telegraphed from Vienna to the British Embaesy here this morning that owing to slight indisposition he would not arrive in Berlin to-day, as arranged. but. would leave Vienna, to-night. The audience of the Emperor at which Lord Roberts will formally announce to his Majesty the acces- sion of King George has been fixed for to- morrow. All preparations had been made for an official reception of Lord Roberts at the Anlialter Station this morning. At eight o'clock the guard of honour, which was drawn up at the statiou, members of the staff of the British Embassy, and General von Loewenfeld, who holds command of the Corps of Guards, were in waiting on the platform, while a iramber of Couit carriages were in readiness to convey the members of the British Mission to their hotel. It was not until the assembled personages had in vain searched for Lord Roberts among tiie passengers by the Vienna train that the telegram was received announcing the postponement of the departure of the mission from the Austrian capital. While returning from the statiou General voni Loewenfeld met the Emperor riding in the TiergEurten, and oommunioated the news to him. The indisposition was only temporary, and Lord Roberts is now quite weU again.— Reultler.. RECEIVED BY THE KAISER. BERLIN, 8und& At 12?0 the German Emperor received 11 Roberts amd the other members of the British Accession Mission. The members of the mission drove to the paJaoe in RoyaJ State carriages, and the axidience took place in the presence of the Imperial State i&eoawtory.— Beater.

London Actress's Suicide, KILLED BY TRAMCAR IN AMERICA I Oables from New York on Saturday con- Oables from New York on .8atUTrlay con- firmed the report that the young woman who threw herself in front of a tramway-car at lliohmond, Virginia, and wa.s killed, was Mies Muriel Keith, whoee reside in Colvillo-terraee, Bayswat-ar Miss Keith, who was only twenty-four, was the one daughter of Mr. Royston Keith, who iri well known as an aotor in lighter parts and as a writer of a number of play- lets. She helf took part in amateur theatricals frequently at Ilampstead ajid the Kine&-hiL-11, and had intended pursuing a stage oareer. A handsome brunette, Mias Keith is described as usually full of life, but last year her health failed, and she underwent an operation for adenoids. It was thought a change would restore her, and in March last she went out to America. in company with her elder brother, who has a farm at Richmond, Virginia. Since then Mr. --inti Mrs. K-eit-h had received the brightest reports of their -on and daugh- ter ittiiil 1 as: month, when Miss Keith men- tioned in a letter that the nasal trouble had re-asserted itself, and that she was to nnder- go another operation. All Her Energies Miss Keith had been working very hard in | connection with the Agricultural Fair at Richmond, which lasted a week, and was attended by about 40.000 people daily. Of mis she was virtually secretary, and her letters houle showed that she was putting all her energies into it. A pathetic interest attaches to the fact that her parents received two letters in h-er gayest mood only a day or two ago. It is supposed that the strain of the work of the fair and the return of the nasal troufjle oa-u-ied a breakdown, which has been responsible for the trasredy.

 "A SQUARE DEAL" NEW YOHK, Saturday. Tiie souaro d-: al was well to the fr ft again in Mr. Roosevelt's speech deli' red to-day at Sots Falls--a speech dieted chiefly to the tariff question. It has been conclusively shown by experi- ments repeated again and again," said the ex-PT,B,qi.den,t. that the methods of tariff- TP akin.: by Congress, which have now obtained for so many years, oannot from the very nature of the case bring really satis- factory results. I think the present tariff i, better than the last, and considerably better than the one before the last; hut. it ha-s certainly failed to give general satisfac- tion. I believe this country is fully fom- mitted to the principle of Protection but it is to Protection as a principle, to Protection primarily in the interest of the standard of living of the American working man." As to the future of the taxiff, Mr. Roose- velt advocated here, as elsewhere, the "squaredeal." What we desire in a tariff is suoh a mea.-u.re of Protection as will equalise the cost of production here and abroad; and, as the cost of production is mainly labour cost, this means primarily a. tariff sufficient to make up the difference in labour cost here a-rid abroad. The American public wants the American labouring man put on an equality with other citizens, a-nd we must see that hi-s wages are not lowered by improper com- petition with inferior wage-workers abroad— with wage-workers who are paid poorly and who live as no Americans are willing to live. But the American public does not wish to set, the tariff so airran.ged as to benefit primarily a few wc £ ilt3iy men.C-enti-tl News

PROSPERITY AND BABIES Extreme care seems to have been taken in the compilation of the annual report for 1909 or Dr. J. D. Jenkins. the medical offic&r for the Rhondda Urban District Council. The lieatÏl rate of t.l13 district and the reduction in infantile mortality (says the report) form satisfactory features in the sanitary history of the district, but a considerable reduction i;. still necessa.ry to make them compare ff.vourabiy with the averages for the country as a whole. The number of births was 5,577, giving the high birth-rate of 41.0 per thousand, which, strange to say. was identical with that of 1908. The Rhondda birth-rate exceeds that of England and Wales by 15.4 per thousand, and that of the 76 great towns taken as a whole bjr 15.5. Among the many factors which contribute to this high birth- rate, sa-ys the doctor, is the oommeroial pros- perity, which raises the marriage rate and causes Mrly marriages. Last year there were 2,231 deaths, but only 2,163 of these were registered in the diet-riot There were 66 colliery fatalities and 161 inquests. The population of the Rhondda was estimated to be 135.894.

WORKERS AND ARBITRATION I A meeting of members of the Cardiff Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Rail- way Servants was held at the Oddfellows'- hall on Sunday (Mr. E. Duncombe presiding). The principal business was a discussion of the arbitrator's award as it aftected Great Weetern Railway men, and Mr. E. Charles, Pontypool, the president of the society, and Mr. H. Prance, the local representative on the central board, delivered speeches. Dealing with the effect of the award, Mr. Charles pointed out many alleged attempts at misinterpretation by the company, notably one at loaamimgton. There, he said, passenger shunters had been designate(I as porter shunters, in order that they should not be allowed the overtime which the award ga-ve to passenger shunters.

HANGING IN A WOOD I The body of a man was found hang-ing in the wood near Miriam's WeU. Troedyrhiw, on Sunday morning by Rees Daviee, 22. Wy ml ham-street. Mr. Da vies informed Police-sergeant Lewis, and then ran back and cut the body down. Dr. Finigha.n ex-pre-sed the opinio-i that the man had hanged him- self the previous day. Subsequently the body was identified that of Edward Rowlands, believed to belong to Pcntypridd, who was an inmate of the Merthyr Union Workhouse from August 28 until Thnrs<iay. when he took his discharge. The only things found on him were a pipe oi tobacco, a box of pills, and a piece of bread and butter.

i A STRIKE INCIDENTIi In connection with the strike of women chainmakers at Cradley Heath, Miss M'Arthur, the secretary of t-he Women's Trades Union league, bareceived the I following letter: — Will you please let it be known as soon as possible that a lady will give £20 if four I others will do likewise to the Cradley fund. If there is response and the four £ 20 comes to hand I will send you the X20. The writer of the letter does not wish her name to appear.

|" DO NOT BE IN A HURRY" I In response to suggestions from a number of clergy, the Bishop of Southwell, in the Diocesn Magazine," writes to his clergy regarding the land-tax returns. "I fear it is beyond my power to give advice," he ¡ says. I am not an expert in suoli matters. AH that I feel a-t all inclined to say is'l 'AT?wer a? be?t you can, and do not go ti) I any expense.' Do not attempt to make any valuation yourselves. In mo6t cases it may be better to say, I do not know.' Eeturns concerning tithe do not appear to be neces- sary, and, lastly, do not be in a hurry."

AN UNAVAILING RESCUE I The body of a man named Otxarles Laaigdon 1 was discovered in the canal at Newbridge on Saturday evening by Mr. Proeser, Abercarn, who, after taking it out. sent for the police and Dr. Crawford and James. RespiætiQn, however, could not be restored. Deceased was a native of Exeter.

THREATENED SEAMEN' STRIKE. + INTERNATIONAL VOTE TO BE TAKEN FIRST. I Mr. llavelock Wilson, president of the Sea- nien's Union, interviewed at South Shields on Saturday, said. regarding the question of an international etrike, that meetings had been arranged to take place at all the Bi-itisli ports, on the Continent, and in Australia, a.nd a resolution would be put asking the men if they were prepared to quit their ships on the signal being given, every man being asked to vote strictly m accordance with his conscience whether for or a?ain?t stoppage. All meetinw ?outd. as far aa poesible, be on. and there would ba no restriction ew to whether they were ?n?n men or not. The remlt of the 4tiytg WMthI be far?a.nied to tbO)jMad!?fnacte?& ot '.eacà ? ,HoNn.

"HEARTILY TIRED." COALOWNERS AND WORKMEN Mr. D. A. Thomas Speaks "PEACE SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE." I Before leaving for Paris on Saturday, in ccmpany with Mrs. Thomas. Mr. D. A. Thomas, M.P., speaking to one of our repre- sentatives. said that matters were looking rather serious in the South Wales coalfield. "What is the way out of the trouble?" he was asked. Mr. Thomas shrugged his shoulders. "Who knows ?" he asked. "As for ine, since the Cambrian men have taken things into their own hands, I am off for a holiday, and Mr. Leonard Llewelyn, the general manager, is away. too. "I am certainly not going to beg the men to return to work. I have fought their battles for them so often inside and outside the Con- ciliation Board that they ought to have no doubt of my mental attitude towards them. "I am tired of all this bickering, and, as I have said, I shall certainly not go out of my way on the present occasion to secure a peace which seems impossible of any per- manency under existing conditions. The men seem to be as much at war with their own leaders as with the employers, and as they seem unwilling to carry out the agreement entered into on their behalf only a few months ago, they must abide by the oonsequenccs." Pressed as to what those consequences will be, Mr. Thomas simply said, "Time will tell. I can only say that the employers are heartily tired of all these local bothers." Non-Unionist Miners ILL-liMED ACTION OF WELSH LEADERSL There is much murmuring in Labour circles here over what is described as the ill-timed action of the Welsh miners in deciding to enter upon their strike to compel the non-UDionists to join the Federation (writes the London correspondent of the "Daily Diepatoh ..). It is reoognised that the rtrongest, weapon in the armoury of those who oppose the demand for the restoration to Trades Unions of -what was taken away by the Osborne judgment is the argument that in many cases men who disapprove of the political character of Trades Uniont3 have to choose between continuing a membership that is distasteful to them and losing their employ- ment. The Labour leaders who complain of the Welsh miners' indiscretion allege that a strike of this character at the present juncture will only tend to strengthen the hands of those who are against reversing the Osborne judgment. It is understood that hints of this dis- approval were duly conveyed to the Welsh- men, and also to the Scottish and Yorkshire miners, who are threatening a similar strike, by the Labour Party wirepullers, but the miners' leaders were not inolined to oarry out- the instructioua to lie low for the present. "BLACKLEGS AND SCALLYWAGS." A demonstration of the miners of the Pontypridd District was held on Saturday at the New Town-hall, Mr. Ben Davieg (the miners' agent) presiding. The Chairman remarked that it was a serious matter to have to. give notioee on the non-Unionist question, as there were among them many men who were advanced in years, with whose services the owners might dispense by acting u.pon the notices given Alderman John Jenkine (Cardiff) said that in South Wales there was no room for non- Unionists whom he described as blacklegs and scallywags. Mr. Tom Mann expressed the view that too much importance was paid to Parlim?,ntat?? work and not sufficient to industrial organi- sation. The upaial resolution was proposed by Mr. D. W. Davies, and seconded by Mr. William Chubb. P.-D." MEN TO RE-START WORK.! Mr. Walter Lewis. the miners' agent, on Saturday completed arrangements with the Powell-Duffryn Company for the reeumption of work at the Bargoed Collieries. A start wari made on Sunday night, so that the ooilieries will be in full working order to-day. THE WESTERN WORKMEN. A meeting of the Western Anthracite Mmers' Association was held at the Gros- venor Hotel, Swansea, 011 Saturday The Agent (Mr. J. D. Morgan) made a lengthy statement regarding matters pertaining to the anthracite coalfield, after which the dis- pute in connection with the Emlyn Colliery was considered. Owing to the dispute at this colliery five hundred men are locked-out The disagree- ment has arisen on account of the manage- ment objeoting to the observance of Mabon's Day. The men are solid in their decision to retain the holiday. The matter was debated at considerable length, and in the end it was agreed that the question be left in the hands of the com- mittee and t'he agent, Mr. J. D. Morgan, to see Mr. J. Aeron Thomas, the owner of the colliery ONE HUNDRED NON-UNIONISTS. 7,000 MEN WANT TO STRIKE IN THE WES- TERN DISTRICT. Forty-two delegates of the Western Miners' Association met at Swansea on Saturday, Mr. John Grant presiding. The chief business in the morning was to consider the question of collieries on stop and that of non-Unionists. It transpired that 100 men at Oorrwg Vale were not working owing to non-Unionists* while 550 were idle at Duffryn Rhondda Colliery owing to the employers having introduced a double 3hift. At Upper Graigola Colliery the men are idle because, it is stated, the employers do not provide a scale for weighing the coal. The agent followed with a statement which showed that about 400 workmen were idle in the district owing to the non-ruionist I difficulty, and that several collieries, em- ploying about 7.000 men. had ask-ed permis- sion to tender notices. The number of non- Unionists at present employed was said to be about 100.

8,000 MEN MAY STRIKE. FIERY SPEECHES BY CAMBRIAN WORKMEN. Matters in the Mid-Rhondda district in con- nection with the troubles at the Ely Pit, Penygraig, are assuming a very serious aspect, and at a mass meeting of the men held at Touypandy on Sunday it was resolved that the whole of the men employed at the Na-val Collieries, and also at the ilandy Pit, who number about 1,700, in addi- tion to the 950 men already idle at the Kly Pit. should strike work to-day (Monday), and that, furthop, the men engaged at the Glamor- gan and Clydach Vale collieries should be asked to take similar action. Unless, therefore, there is an adjustment of the position--the men I demand the reinstatement of the 880 men who %c-re given not-ce a month ago by the company t? terminate contracts—the indications are that the whole of the collieries under the Cambrian Combine will be on stop hefore 'he end of the week, and about 8,000 men rendered idle. A very strong feeling wae exhibited at the meeting, and many caustic allusions made to Mr. D. A. Thomas's remarks in the inter- view reported in the Evening Expreax of Saturday. The proceedings were presided over by Mr. Noah Morgan chairman of the Nasal Lodge), f who maintained that in this battle the men were Oil the defensive, and had been so for the paet eighteen months. and it was wrong to suggest that they were on the aggressive. The chairman then dealt in detail with the original cause of the trouble, which had reference to the fixing of the price-list of a seam. It was absolutely impossible for the men to earn a decent living for themselves I and their families at the prices offered them by the management, and he (the chairman) would never sign it. (Loud applause.) The time had now oome for them, instead of rderring their griev?ucen to the Conciliation Board, to take what were termed drastic measures," and kick over the traces. Mr. T Smith (another lodge official) main- tained tha-t it was the duty < f the men employed at the other pits to eta-nd side by side with the Ely workmen. Notwithstand- ing what was said in the press, they as workmen knew what M r. J). A Thomas and his company were. The Western Mail stated that the management had done everything I for the men. and that the question as to II making the pit pay was a matter of second- ary importance to the men. If the decreased output at the Ely Pit was due to natural causes, that would be another matter, but he (the speaker) maintained it waa due directly I or absolutely to mismanagement. (Applau&e.j He appealed to the men at the other collieries not to trouble themselves About the leguLity of their action, but to sta.nd by their com- rades in this struggle. (Applause.) Mr. James Griffiths having also addressed the meeting on similar lines, the Chairman added that .Mr. D. A. Thomas stooped to any- thing dirty and mean, and in addition to capturing the South Wales press he had now gone to the length of capturing the London press, and in proof of this he (the chairman) would rsad to them an extract from the "News of the World." which was on the same lines as that which appeared in the Evening Express. Mr. Ma.rk Harcombe (secretary of the lodge) said a chance was now given them of making a, straight hit. (Applause.) The price offered by the management for working the seam in dispute was simply ridiculous. Mr. J. Rees (a lodge official) expressed the view that if the whole of the men in the Oajnhrian Combine stood shoulder to shoul- der and laid down tools together they were bound to win. (Applause.) A workman from the Nantgwyn Col- lieries declared amidst loud cheering that the men at that colliery were ready to drop down tools on the morrow, and he moved a resolution to the effect that the men at Nantgwyn and Pandy Pits ghould stop work on Monday, and also that representations be made to the Combine Ixxlge Committee to ee what com-so should be taken by the men employed by the combine as to striking work in the event of the men dismissed from the Eh- Pit not being re-instated. A workman from the l'andy Pit seconded the lesolution, which was carried unarti- mousl.v amidst prolonged applause. Mr. John Hopla (chairman of the Llwyny- pia liodget said if Mr. Llewelyn, the general manager, was out for a fight, then the men would give him such a fight that that gentle- man had never seen before. (Applause.) CASE FOR CONCILIATION. There is no change in the position at the Standard Colliery, Ynyshir. where -1,400 men are affected through a, dispute regarding the payment of two men, who con'?td they are entitlBd to certain cOIIideration3 for work done in an abnormal place. At a mass meet- j ing on Sunday afternoon it was decided to adjourn until to-day (Monday), when Mr. D. "Watts Morgan (district agent) will address the men. and <5ndeavour to arrange for the matter to be dealt with by the Conoiliation Boalxl or left to arbitration.

INDIAN OUTRAGE. HOW INSPECTOR GHOSE MET HIS FATE. CALCUTTA, Saturday, Poli <ie- i n spec tor Sarat Chandra Ghose, who was shot by two youths at Dacca on Thurs- day night, is now almost out of danger. Both of his assailants are age-d 23. One of them has already been tried on a charge of political daco 'ty before the High Court, but he i?a,? acquitted. It appears the inspector had a desperate struggle with the youth who fired first, 'and that while he was grappling with him the other youth shot the officer in the body. Both then fled. The affair took place in a dark lane neai- Dacca Churoh, The police are making many house searches, but are reticent as to the results. The houses of the prisoners' fathers are surrounded by armed guards, increased precautions being taken regarding the accused in the Dacca conspiracy case. The prisoners are now con- veyed to court in closed vans, to avoid demonetra tions. As regards the progress of the trial, the Crown is still occupied with proving exhibits seized at Lamiti House, consisting of barrels and other parts of rifles, also of oartridge- making and re filling machines.—Reuter.

FATAL. MIDNIGHT FREAK A dog's apparent attempt at rescue was the interesting feature of the evidence at an inquest at Stepney on Saturday. A man named Alexander Daniel Murray, a fish curer, aged 36, of Mile End, Old Town, met with his death through a mad attemfpt to swim the Thames at nidnight. After leaving the Oval Meter's Arms with his dog, he declared he would go for a swim. and a comrade told him not to be foolish, and fol- lowed him towards the river. By s-ome means he missed him. On reaching Stoney Stairs he saw Murray about twenty yards out, with the dog in the water near him. It seemed to be on his baefc. It was too dark to see whether Murray was swimming or not. The man called to him, but got no answer. The dog came out barking furiously, and Murray I disappeared from sight. A police-sergeant stated that Murray had a mother living in Edinburgh. At one time he held a very responsible position on the Caledonian Railway, but lost that and other good positions through drinking habits. The Coroner remarked that the act was that of a semi-madman. The man was i "elevated," and probably thought that he was "going to swim the Channel." The jury returned a verdict in accordance with this view.

SOCIALIST CONGRESS I COPENHAGEN, Saturday. At this morning's proceedings of the Inter- national Socialist Congress the chair was taken by M. Jetfesen (Christiania). Herr Molkenbuhr (Germany) proposed a resolution declaring the present labour legis- lation to be quite inadequate. The following were declared to be the final demands of the workmen: — A maximum working day of eight hours. The prohibition of work for children under fourteen years of age. 'Ihe prohibition of night work, unless absolutely necessary for technical reasons or for the public weal. An uninterrupted rest of at least 36 hours weekly. A guarantee for the right of organisation. The establishment of a system of active inspection of working conditions in town and country, with the co-operation of persons chosen by the workmen. After Herr Molkenbuhr's speech it wa,g decided to close the debate. The British delegates protested, and voted against Herr Molkenbuhr's resolution as a protest. The other delegates voted for the resolution, which was adopted by a large majority.— Reuter.

IMPORTED TIN-PLATES Speaking at Lydney on Saturday night Mr. Beaumont Thomas combatted the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, made at Llauelly, to the affect that there was not sufficient tin-plates imported here from Ger- many to make a snuff-box, or enough im- ported from America to make a sardine box. The Board of Trade returns, Mr. Thomas said, showed that last year ,PAO,oco of tin ware was imported into Great Britain. Besides, we received in tin-plates in the shape of canned foods from America a very la-Tge number of boxes each Year. LT-e saw in the FTee Trade papers that the big trusts in future would be compelled by the Govern- ment to buy British tin-plates, whioh, he contended, were quite as giood and cheaper than those made in America. He was still sceptical on this ma.tter. for his firm, being large makers of tin-piate, had not yet received an inquiry on the snhjeot. At any rate, he was determined to follow this up. I he was detoerin-inb(t to follow this up.

GIRL BURNED TO DEATH I A young girl. named Catherine Mabel Harding (15), daughter of Thomas Harding, 11, George-street, Caerau, Maesteg, and a domestic servant in the employ of David Jones. 127, Majgam-street, Cymmer, in the Avon Valley, was burned to death. She was alone in the house cooking the dinner at the time, the iamily having gone away, and a pa^'ser-by, named James Kay, quarry pro- prietor, hearing sereams and noticing smoke issuing from the window, forced an entry. Inside he found the girl standing upright with every particle of clothes burnt off her and severe burns all over the body. She was immediately attended by Dr. MilLs, but died about five hours later The only explanation of the tragic affair is that the unfortunate girl's apron must have caught fire and ignited her other clothing before she observed it. I

OIL MILL BLAZE I Damage estimated at CIO,000 was caused by a. Am which broke out on Sunday afternOOlll at the riverside premises of Messrs. George Armstrollg and Co., seed crushers and -oil merchants, Cubitt Town. A district CaU was circulated, and fifteen land engines. together with 120 liremeu, and the Thames floats Alpha and Beta. quickly attended. The oi! cake and seed stores, extending 170ft. iu one direction and 70ft. in the other, were com- pletely destroyed and collapsed during the afternoon. The cause of the fire has not been determined.

I S!LENT NEIGHBOURS i Mr. Thomas Waltere, the .West Carmarthen coroner, held an inquest concerning the death at Glanrhydfa-ch, Trelech, of Elizabeth Jones (60;, a sheep dealer's widow, v.ho lived by herself, bTlIl died aione four days previously. She ba,d not been attended by a doctor for twenty years, and' her next. door neighbout\ Mrs. Esther Hughes, deposed, that sho saw her last alive on the night of the 29t.h inst. There was no friendship between them, and they had not spoken to I each other for four years. The verdict was Death from natural I causes, probably due to heart failure."

Mr. E. Trubshaw Dead | CHEAT TIN-PLATE MANUFACTURER GREAT TIN-PLATE blAt4UFACTURER We regret to announce the death of Mr. Ernest Trubshaw, J.P., D.L., which took place at his residence, Aelybryn, Ilaneny, on Saturday night. The deceased gentleman was seized with sudden illness on Friday morning but later in the day his conditio improved. He passed a restless night, how- ever and on Saturday evening he became weaker, and about nine o'clock he passed peacefully away The news of Mr. Trubshaw's death was received with consternation in the town, as it was not generally known that be was ill. He had been engaged in his usual duties during the week, apparently in the best of health. He figured at the recent I Welsh Golfing Union meeting at Jersey Marine; presided over the magistrates sitting at the police-court on Wednesday, and trans- acted the business of the various industrial THE LATE MR. TIIUBSIIAW. concerns with which he was connected. In fact, he was preparing to drive down to his office on Friday morning when he collapsed. He leaves a widow, three sons, and two daughters, with whom the deepest sympathy is expressed.

SCIENCE AND RELIGION The Archbishop of York preached to the British Association at Sheffield on Sunday. He urged that the representatives of religion and of science were comrades in the same great cause. The old quarrels were now confined to their camp followers. Science was recognising its necessary limitations, and was concentrating itself upon its own subject matter, and was becoming more impi-eissed by the consciousness of mysteries involved in the ultimate causes and con- stituents of the material world, the origin of life, and t-h* meaning of human spirit. Religion also was recognising its limitations, and was abandoning the claim to prescribe God's methods of governing the world.

"IF YOU WANT MY WIFE". "I humbly apologise for troubling you, but if you want my wife and promise to treat her kindly, I will assure you I won't stand in your way. She will make a good wife." This amazing let.ter was quoted at the South-Western Court in a matrimonial case in which George Barratt, a carman living in Regent's-road, Hernc Hill, was summoned by his wife for a judicial separation. Defendant said the trouble had arisen because of her friendship with another man. She was a woman who wanted two men, not one. The wife admitted friendship with another I man, who protected 4 from her husband. Mr. de (hey read the cOmmtmicM,ion quoted above, which the husband admitted writing to the man referred to. Mr. de Grey (addressing the wife): It is a very calm request. Did the man approve of the arrangement ? The Wife: He returned the letter. It is aJl my husband's imagination. j Polic&contable 203 W, called as a witness for the husband, said he had seen the wife walking arm in arm with another man in Dulwich-road late at night. Mr. de Grey said he thought the wife was entitled to an order beca-uee the husband had admitted knocking her about. He granted her a judicial separation, with alimony, but pointed out that the order would become invalid if it could be proved at any time that she had misoonducted herself.

FISHING TRADE BOOM Immense strides are bej ng made in the fishing trade in the Milford Haven ports, Milford and Neyland. Practically all the ketoh-rigged trawlers hitherto Landing their catches at, Brixham, one of the oldeet fishing ports in England, have now made the haven their market. Within the last nine months Neyland has experienced an increased trade of thousands of pounds' value, whilst Milford has had a, good number of smacks added to its already large fleet. Most of the steam trawlers aw doing well, but the smacks, whose catches fetch better prices than those of ihe steam trawlers, are having unprece- dented prosperity. Several owners have recently placed orders for the building of new ketch-rigged trawlers, to be ready net spring. A number of Ramsgate vessels have also lately oome to use the port.

DEVON BATHING FATALITY | DEVON BATHING FATALITY A double bathing fatality occurred on Saturday afternoon in the River Erne, about a d<)Yen miles from Plymouth. William John Home, aged 22, of Plymouth, and Frank Thomas, aged seventeen, a native of Essex, who were employed at Pomflete House as butler Efcnd footman respectively, were bath- ing, when they were either carried off theirl feet by the under-current or got ont of their depfh in a hole. Nothing could be done to rescue them, and both were drowned.

INHALATION OF GAS 1h. W. Antliony Halsted. manager of the Pontlottyn and Rhymney Gasworks, on Saturday morning found his wife missing from her room. He went downstairs, and dis- covered Mrs. Haisted on the floor uncon- scious. The 'room was full of gas, and a pipe carrying gas to a boiler in the kitchen' had been, detached. M-rs. Haisted had inhaled a good deal of gas, ami up to Sunday even- ing she had not recovered consciousness, and it i« said that there is little hope of her recovery.

EUCHARJSTIC CONGRESS OTTAWA, Saturday. A dispatch from Montreal of yesterday's date says, It is announced to-night that no militaxy escort A-ill attend the ceremonies in connection with the arrival of Cardinal Vannutelli to-morrow. The Duke of York Hussars were to have acted as a mounted escort, but Colonel Roy informed the civic authorities to-day that, in accordance with instructions from Ottawa, none of the Militia. would be permitted to attend, and that civic mounted police would be used instead.- Reuter.

THE BU "THE BULL-DOG BREED "Dick Stone." the famous bnll-dog which has been visited by dog lovers from all parte of the world, has just died at Roseneath Kennels, Denmark Hill, S.E., from heart disease, at the age of fi years. His loss to the owner, Mr. Walter Jeffries, may be realised from the fact tha.t three years ago he refused all offer of EI,200 for him.

^CARMARTHEN'S REGISTRAR The Carmarthen Board of Guardians on Saturday appointed Mr. Fred G. Lewis, Magazine-row, Carmarthen, registrar of births and deaths for the Carmarthen dis- trict, a position occupied for 33 years by the late Mr. George Morgan. There were four- teen applicants. The office is worth about £ 50 a year, and Mr. Lewis is also a registrar of marriages for Carmarthen.

OIL-DRIVEN DESTROYER .¡ ?KW YORK, Saturday. According ? a mebsae received here from Bath (Maine), the new oil-driven destroyer Paulding yetiterday averaged the fine speed of 32.8 knot3 per houj over a trial lasting J four h<mœCentml ??ws. 1

[Atlantic Tramp on Fire 4 CREW PICKED UP IN BOATS News was received in London on Saturday evening by the owners of the British steamer West Point that the vessel had caught fire at sea and had foundered while on a voyage from this country to the United States. The intelligence was transmitted by way of Boston by the Leyland liner Devonian, the captain of which vessel aided that he had picked up a boat containing sixteen of the crew. Another boat with the remainder of the crew, believed to number eighteen, was still missing. The Devonian reaches port to-day. In The West Point wa" built in 1899 at Hebburn-on-Tyne, and had a net tonnage of 3,074. She was owned by Messrs. Simpson, Spencer, and Young, London, and was bound from the Clyde to Savannah. It was stated on Sunday night by the owners of the West Pint that a telegram had been received at Lherpool to the efft, that the second boat of the West Point had been picked up by the Maurctania, due at Fishguard to-day. It is new believed that aU the crew of the foundered vessel are safe. A Renter's message from Eo-ton on Sun- day states that further details rtgarding tho loss of. the Briti.ih steamer West Point shows that the fire broke ont on August 22. After battling with the flames to" a. week the crew were obliged to abandon the vessel on the 29th, when the vessel east of Cape Race. The captain and nineteen men embarked m one boat and the mate and fifteen men in another.

DOCTOR & PAUPER PATIENTS "A shed or ,-hanty" w; tdescription of the Imrgery provided by Dr. iiilward. medical officer to the central di;triet, :It the Cardiff j Board of Guardians on Saturday. A sub- oommittee, comprising Mr. Alfred Good and Mr. R. Sutherland, reported having visited the spot, to find a matchboard shed, or shanty, whinh was unfit to receive the suffer- ing poor requiring tho attention of the J'oor- law doctor. It, was attached to the back of the doctor's house, and was 8ft. high where it joined the building, and 6ft. at the lower side. There were draughts through crevices, and the entrance was from the hack lane, contrary to the resolution of the board that patients should lie received in the surgery. It was only fit for use as a. wood shed or i tool-house, and was altogether unsuitable. The Clerk (Mr A. J. Harris): We requested the doctor that the people should not enter by the back lane. The Chairman (Mr. O. ff. Jon-ee): We were not aware that the doctor proposed to erect this shed. We thought he was going to use his surgery Alderman F. J. Bea-van: I thought so, too. Mr. R. Sutherland roo.¡ed the adoption of the report, and in seconding Mr. A. Good said he had hoped that a professional gentleman would have exercised a little more human, sympathy with the poor people he served. The doctor was not too superior to sign his cheque for £ 200 a year. (Hear, hear.) The Chairman suggested that they should state they were no. satisfied with the accom- modation provided, and to ask for an altera- tion This was agreed 1.0. I Women's Lodgings Mrs. Howe asked the guardians to lend their support to Mr. Sydney Jenkins, who, she said, had promised to propose at the next city council meeting that a municipal lodging-house for women should be established in Cardiff. The Chairman (Mr. 0 H. Jones) said the present was not the j proper time, and a notice of motion was necessary. Alderman Beavan: It has not been before the city council yet. and I shall oppose it thick and thin. With this the matter dropped. Thanks! The guardians heartily thanked Meser*. P. and A. Campbell for conveying 401 chil- ilren from tha homes, with their foster I mothers, for an enjoyable trip to Weston, the Pier Company for free tolls, and Mr. J. J. Ames for making the arrangements.

MILLIONS WHO TRAVEL  Striking figures are given in a Blue Book issued on Saturday on the working of the railways of the United Kingdom last year. The following are the main fact3 brought out — The number of passengers carried was 1,266,081.000. agai-not 1,278,115,000 in 1906-1:t. decrease of 13,034.000. First-class passengers were fewer by 1,472,000, second-class by 3,293.000, and third- claas by 8,269,000. The total working expenditure fell from f76,406,000 to E75,038,000, the proportion of working expenses to gross receipts decreas- ing from 63.7 per cent. to 62.4. The decrease in the number of third-daw I^assengers is the first recorded in the annual return. The Board of Trade attri- bute it largely to the circumstance that the Shepherd's Bush Exhibition attracted many more visitors in 190B than in 1909. Unsettled weather and increased tramway competition appeared to he contributory causes. For years there has been a steady falling off in the number of second-class passengers, due in part to the policy of a number of companies in abolishing or reducing second- class accommodation. The decrease since 1905 has been 22 millions. Although there were 1,472,000 fewer first-olass passengers in 1909 than in 1908, the receipts from that quarter rose from £ 3,271,000 to £ 3,272,000. Combining the receipts from season ticket- holders with those from the ordinary passen- gers, first-class shows an increase on the yeajj of £ 28,000, second-class a decrease of £ 331, £ 6QL and third-class a falling off of £ 363,980.

"PUT IN YOURSELF, OLD BOY' William de Fraine. aged 43, hairdresser, Richmond-street. Kennington-road, was charged before Mr. Den man at Marlborough- s>t reeit on Saturday with being concerned with another man, not in custody, in breaking into 116, Tottenham-court-road, and stealing 122 combs and other articles, worth £ 48, belonging to Messrs. James Shoo Lb red and Co. Polioe-con stable Barnett. said that at 10L33 on the night of August 23 he found the front ( oor of the premises open and communicated with the manager. A la.rge piece of wise cable, to which was attached a piece of gas tubing, was found in the shop. It was apparently used for letting a person flown from the window. There was a piece of candle burning on the mantlepiece, and a show case had been broken open and bore the marks of a jemmj which was found lying near. Detective-sergeant Far rant stated that about two o'clock on Friday afternoon, be saw the prisoner aii4 explained the charge to him. He replied: You don't think I stole them, do you? I am paralysed. You are on, the wrong lay this time. I know who yoa want, but you find out." The Prisoner: That's a little bit you pot in yourself, old boy. 1 don't mind teHing yon it's a lie. Mr. Den man ordered a remand.

MOTOR-CAR MISHAP On the Baglan-road, Aberavon, near Pen- twyn Farm, Millioent Poole (11), the only daughter of Mr. Poole, Maesmadock Cottage. Bag! an, was knocked ow nby a motor-oar BegSlaak -?turday evening, and sustained a frac- ture of the base of the skull. The car was driven by Reginald Mills, and belonged to Mr. Taylor, of Middleton House, Briton. Ferry. Mrs. H. F. Taylor, Mrs. Fred Taylor, ami their children were in the car at the time. The little girl was about to get into o. trap in charge of her mother, but hearing the horn she rushed across the road and baok to the trap, and was knocked down as the car passed. The child was driven in the car to Aber- avon. and attended by Dr. Waldmeier, and. Mrs. Fred Taylor rendered every It is feared that the Íujllri-oo will arove fatal.

I GIFTED SWANSEA LADY Miss Gertrude Hudson, a daughter of the Eev. L. J. Hudson, chaplain of Swansea Prison, is showing remarkable cleverness in the art. of modelling. She is at present a student at the Camden School of Art, and in the national competition organised by the Board of Education this year she received very high praise. The section in which she was concerned was that, for "modelling heads a.nd busts in relief from casts," the subject being a reduced copy of a Roman Emperor's tieaal. and the examiners in dealing with the gjfted young lady's contribution said: It is au admirable work. conscientiously and artistically treated; it is a type of study which the examiners desire to see

j BABY'S BODY IN THE CANAL I Tbe body of a nud? infant wa? seen llmt, ing in the canal opposite .the York Hot?L Cardiff, on Sunday afternoon. Police-oon- etable Alfred Jones conveyed it to the mor- tuary. It ll" the appearanCÐ of having been I still-born, and to bave been in tho ?wut jI jj;baait-.aj. fortaight, „ J